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FOLDING EASY CHAIR.

APPLlc/TloN FILED AuG.4. |914.

1,165,548. Patented De@.28,1915.

. 7/ 14 if 7], 7 o i o M o o EL' .1; f 1 y y WILHELM SIEVERT, OF HAMBURG, GERMANY.

Formare EASY-CHAIR.

Application filed August 4, 1914.

To all whom z'tmag/ concern:

Be it known that l', lViLHELM SIEVERT, a subject of the vGerman Emperor, and resident of Hamburg, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in `Folding'lasy-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.V

This invention relates to improvements in folding easy-chairs of metal or wood of that kind which can be folded for their easy transportation. From the known folding-chairs of this kind, the improved chair is distinguished by two umbrelladike frames arranged on a U-shaped tubular fork, of which the lower one servesas foot for the chair and the upper one as seat for the saine by having a netlike fabric stretched between its members, while at the same time two telescopic pipes, which are connected by eyes or lugs with the upper frame, form the back of the chair by having also a netlike fabric stretchedbetween them.

The accompanying drawing shows the improved chair.

Figure 1 is a front View, Fig. 2 a side View, and Fig. 3 a plan View, of the same, in its unfolded position.

(ln one end of the U-shaped tubular fork 1, the umbrella-like frame consisting of the legs 2 and the stays 3 is arranged, the legs as well as the stays being connected at their upper ends by rings or runners t and 5, by means of which .they abut against 'snapsprings 6 on the fork 1 whereby the frame is secured in position. On the other end of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

Serial No. 855,638.

the fork, the other umbrella-like frame consisting of rods 7 and stays 8 is arranged, which terminates also in rings or runners 9, which secure the frame in position by their engagement with snap-springs 10 on the fork 1. The seat rods 9 are bent at their upper ends to form lugs 11 thereon for the attachment and reception of a netlike fabric 12, which thus serves as seat for the chair. On two of the rods 7 two upwardly projecting telescopic pipes 13 are arranged by means of lugs 1i. Said pipes, which diverge from one another toward their upper ends, are strengthened at their upper as well as their lower ends by removable rods 17 and 18, which are attached to the latter by lugs 15 and hooks 16. A netlike fabric 19 stretched between the pipes 13 forms the back of the chair. I

`What I claim is:

A folding-chair, comprising in combination, a lower umbrelladike frame to serve as foot for the chair, an upper umbrellalike frame, a U-shaped tubular fork to receive both said frames, means to secure the frames in position on said fork, and a netlike fabric stretched between the upper frame members to serve as seat for the chair, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WILHELM SIEVERT.

lVitnesses ERNEST H. L. MUMMENHOFF, CHARLEs A. HALLEY, J r.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

v Washington, D. C. 

